Vanhouttea

{{short description|Genus of Gesneriaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Vanhouttea gardneri.jpg

| image_caption = Vanhouttea gardneri

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Vanhouttea

| authority = Lem. (1845)Bull. Soc. Hort. Orléans 1: 346 (1845)

| subdivision = 10; see text

| synonyms = Houttea Decne. (1848), nom. illeg.

| synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17258-1#synonyms |title=Vanhouttea Lem. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 August 2024}}

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Vanhouttea is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to south-eastern Brazil. They are pollinated by hummingbirds.{{cite journal |doi=10.1590/S0100-84042005000300003 |title=Espécies de Vanhouttea Lem. e Sinningia Nees (Gesneriaceae) polinizadas por beija-flores: Interações relacionadas ao hábitat da planta e ao néctar |year=2005 |last1=Sanmartin-Gajardo |first1=Ivonne |last2=Sazima |first2=Marlies |journal=Revista Brasileira de Botânica |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=441–450 |doi-access=free }}